11/7 From the Top features a line-up of amazing musicians includes Marimba Duo from Percussion Scholarship Group performing Octabones by Adi Morag, a 17-year-old saxophone player from Iowa City, and a string quartet from the Music Institute of Chicago.

11/14 From the Top features a 14-year-old pianist from nearby Coralville performing Chopin, an 18-year-old from Ann Arbor, Michigan who plays the flute for reasons of the heart, and a teenage trombone quartet from Chicago who brings the house down with a raucous finale.

11/21 From the Top returns to its homebase of New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall to tape a radio program that includes a 17-year-old erhu player from Boston, an outstanding young children's chorus, and a trumpet player from Iceland.

11/28 From the Top's outstanding performers include a 16-year-old pianist from Massachusetts performing the music of Igor Stravinsky, an incredible octet from Ohio performing Mendelssohn, and a young oboist who has an unusually challenging relationship with her high school band director - he's her dad!

11/7 The American observance of Veterans Day falls on November 11, and this year Remembrance Day will be observed on the following Sunday in the UK. Both days pay homage to those who have given their lives in the service of their country. We’ll hear Music for Remembrance on With Heart and Voice.

11/14 Composers in the Baltic States have contributed some of the most beautiful and satisfying choral music of the past thirty years. We’ll hear music from Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and more as we explore some recent gems on With Heart and Voice.

11/21 The first American Thanksgiving feast was held in 1621, but the day was not declared a national holiday until 1863. This week on With Heart and Voice, we’ll hear music of Praise and Thanksgiving, as well as music for the Feast of Christ the King, to end the liturgical year.

11/28 Advent is observed as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of Christmas, and the music of the season is filled with anticipation and hope. This week on With Heart and Voice, we’ll hear music for the first Sunday in Advent.

8:00pm Pipedreams

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MONDAY

7:00pm Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

11/1 Bill’s Keepers Bill spins some of his top picks from albums send by friends around the world.

11/8 Aaron Copland His Music defines everything American. We’ll trace his trek from Brooklyn to the heart of the nation.

11/15 Triple Play Bill steps up to the plate to explore trios of all sorts.

11/22 Families of Instruments An exploration of the modern orchestra.

11/29 The Symphony Park VI We’ll follow its development in France, Russia and elsewhere in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

SATURDAY

11/6 Depression Depression Losing a job can get you down, and these songs follow the mood where it takes you.

11/13 They’re All Good American Names American names come from nearly everywhere—from history, the Bible, slang and conversation as well. And then they turn up in songs.

11/20 Working Girls On the path from suffrage to breaking the glass ceiling, women have set their struggles to song.

11/27 Thanksgiving Blessings Those in a thankful mood will find that popular songs express common assumptions and idiosyncratic assertions alike.

12:00 p.m. Stage Notes ♦

11/6 Albert Nocciolino

11/13 Memories

11/20 Stephen Sondheim

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1:00pm Houston Grand Opera

11/6 Mozart:Don Giovanni (in Italian)

11/13 Britten:The Turn Of The Screw (in English)

11/20 Tchaikovsky:The Queen Of Spades (in Russian)

11/27 Handel:Xerxes (in Italian)

6:00pm A Prairie Home Companion

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8:00pm Thistle & Shamrock with Fiona Ritchie

11/6 Seasons of Mist An ode to autumn in traditional and contemporary music from Celtic roots.

11/13 Connemara Best known for the Grammy winning Riverdance, Bill Whelan has played with legendary band Planxty and produced records for U2. His Connemara Suite was written for traditional musicians in a chamber orchestra setting. Hear excerpts from Whelan's music along with other sounds from Ireland's wild west.

11/20 American Originals Join our conversations with song collectors, this time David Holt and Sara Grey, who each share their knowledge of the song traditions that span the Atlantic, along with mesmeric clawhammer banjo styles and much more.

11/27 Scotsfest Enjoy a St. Andrew's celebration of music from Scotland and the Scottish Diaspora.